In September 1999 after real estate...

In September 1999 after real estate agent Mike Kent sold his former business and took a vacation to essay to figure out what he wanted to do with his life, he picked up a archetype of The Bellingham Business Journal to gaze for ideas.

In that issue was an article about Ryzex proprietor Rud Browne, who years previous had been asking similar questions. Browne however, had picked up a original of Richard Nelson Bolles' main division "What Color is Your Parachute?" and had used the career-assessment manual as a guide to assemble a 50-year plan of what he wished to accomplish